On a similar note, you guys blow at transitioning people to change. If you had a brain, you would have migrated over there and keep the posting the same for six months. THEN, try to force the login shit on people. As it is, the new site is gay as AIDS.

Is it the City Weekly newspaper that you guys hate? Or the Web site? Or both? So what is it about the City Weekly Web site that sucks? We're working on making the blog part better, and we're making so you can post anonymously without registering.

First of all, Jim, thanks for actually soliciting feedback. Personally, the registering feature is a bit annoying. I agree that if you had 2-stepped the transition, it would have been easier. Being the internet, people seem to get jaded when you change what they are used to AND suddenly ask them to give over semi-personal information.

Regarding the paper, I am a right-leaning person (big shocker in Nebraska) and recognize that your paper leans the other way. That said, even though I don't go out of my way to get the paper, when I see it, I will grab and read it.

Thank you for your responses. Our Web guy is supposed to remove the registering aspect of the blogs asap, hopefully today. I also asked him about getting the RSS feed.

Also, I apologize for the lack of posts in recent months. Putting the newspaper together takes up a lot of my time and I don’t always have the extra time to devote to the Media Watch blog. Sean Weide is traveling quite a bit these days with the Olympic cycling team he works for, so he’s sort of out of the loop.

I’ll try to get fresher posts and do a better job of staying on top of the local media news, and I’d really appreciate any anonymous tips, story ideas, suggestions, etc., that you’d like to send me (editor@omahacityweekly.com).

lankbadly: did you really need to post that? Did anyone actually think he was qualified to go to ESPN? Hell, we are shocked he made it all the way up to Action 3third news. KPTM seems about the right level for home. Of course, since he has left, it looks like it is only a matter of time before Action Third becomes Action Fourth. Coincidence????

Travis won't deny it - he's the one posting the false info about ESPN on here.

I know because Travis told me. He also told me that he's working hard with my contacts inside JBG to get Perrault off Baggy Shorts 590 as well and he will be host by himself. Should be happening in a month or so, according to Travis.

Perrault's days in Omaha are numbered, and that number isn't a high one. I will see to it he finds work elsewhere -- Runza on Q Street has a position best suited for him, and they just got a new mop in for him to break in.